Global Production Networks and Regional Development: A Case Study of the Hungarian Footwear Industry

• Main Author: Ernő Molnár
• Format: Article
• Language: ces
• Published: Društvo za Regionalne Nauke 2016-08-01
• Series: DETUROPE
• Subjects: global production networks; reindustrialization; footwear industry
• Online Access: http://www.deturope.eu/file_download.php?type=2&item=152

The industry in East-Central Europe has integrated into global production networks in the last quarter century. Modern reindustrialization is considerably expected in the region, meanwhile it has emerged that those works leaning on cheap labour do not provide close-up perspectives in the long run: the ’upgrading’ has become the main objection, namely to join the international industrial diversification. This case study aims to present the current Hungarian footwear industry. The study, based on statistics data and interviews, as well as information collected at the Union of Leather and Footwear Industry, focuses on how the participants of the sector integrate into global production networks and what are its consequences.